Our work has always been a mixture of metallurgical consulting, industrial production problem solving and expert witness testimony for clients have ranging from mom-and-pop shops to Fortune 500 companies.

Shahram Sheybany, Ph.D., metallurgist, has more than 25 years experience in materials science and failure analysis consulting. He received his doctorate degree in Engineering (Materials Science) from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in 1981.After two years of academic and industrial research, he returned to Southern California to join SEAL Laboratories, a materials science consulting firm. While there, Dr. Sheybany worked on industrial engineering problems and on legal consulting jobs. In 1989, Dr. Sheybany founded Pacific Metallurgical Company, where he has been providing industrial and legal, forensic and production-related consulting services. He has provided expert witness consulting services and testimony since 1982.